Love

Most people see obedience as a duty, an act of fulfillment because you have to. But obedience is so much more than that. Ultimately, it can convey love like little else can. When we obey because there is no other choice, it is not really obedience. When we obey out of fear, it is not really obedience. Obedience is an act of love--much more so than most of us really understand. Let me see if I can explain. As a father, there is nothing more precious to me than when my children choose to obey me. When it is their choice, of their own will, it shows that they have bought in to my value system,...

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Now if you did the heart breaking, that would be an altogether different situation. If you broke someone's heart accidentally, you can probably help the healing process with a heartfelt apology and doing everything in your power to make up for the wrong. If you did it intentionally, for whatever reason, the odds are unless you think you made a mistake and try to fix it, everything you do will only add to the other person's pain. But if you are a friend, relative, or bystander who knows of someone who has had their heart broken by someone else, there are some things you can do to help. DON'T...

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Loss of sleep, an ache deep in the bit of your stomach, frequent tears, a heart seems to get heavier as the days go on, depression, and feelings of isolation and abandonment are all signs of a broken heart. How, if possible, do you heal from a broken heart? There is no quick fix. If you are looking for a magic wand, some spoofal dust, or something like that you won't find it. Healing from a broken heart is a process, very similar, actually, to that of grieving for a loved one that has died. The grieving process takes time. It isn't something that you can just wave away or flip a light switch...

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The only sure way to prevent a broken heart is to isolate yourself 100% from every human being on the planet. It will be people who break your heart. However, attempting to stay away from people, leads to an even greater problem: A cold heart. If you interact with people at all, you'll wind up having your heart broken at some stage of your life. This is because loving people makes you vulnerable to them. The more people you love, the more likely you'll have your heart broken. Think about it, the people who have hurt you the most are also the people you claim to have loved the most. Strangers...

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You either are hurt or will have your heart broken eventually. This is the price of love. Yet when it happens to you the absolute worst thing you can do is wall yourself off from people. Here's the thing; it will always be a person or a group of people that hurt you. This is unavoidable. Our natural reaction is to isolate ourselves from people because we fear having our hearts broken again. This is a mistake of huge proportions. Here are some common fears when your heart has been broken: * You fear what others think of you. * You are embarrassed over how or why you were hurt. * You fear...

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Simply because something has become more acceptable to society as a whole doesn't make it either right or without consequences. There are very real dangers that are associated with sex before and outside of marriage. I'm not looking for people to agree or disagree, but rather I'm looking to make some very sound, very logical, very clear presentations of the dangers. IT IS THE NUMBER ONE SOURCE OF STDS Statistics prove that having multiple partners increases the risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases. Some are curable and some aren't. And if you choose to have sex before or outside...

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Many relationships have been destroyed over the jealousy issue. However, sometimes it isn't so much jealousy but envy and covetousness that is the real root of the problem. Here is a brief definition of each before we get into a lager discussion of these. Jealousy - The fear of losing something that you feel already belongs to you. Covetousness - The desire of that which is not yours and currently unattainable as it belongs to someone else or lies outside your ability to get. Envy - The desire of that which is not yours and the begrudging of the person who actually possesses it. JEALOUSY People...

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It is important, first, to understand what causes jealousy. Jealousy is the fear of losing something that you believe to already be yours. When you believe that you may lose your relationship to another man or woman, you will get jealous. It is a natural emotional response to the fear of losing something important to you. There are two factors that must be addressed in order to overcome jealousy. They are: 1. Insecurity 2. Mistrust You put these two together and you'll have jealousy. That, in turn, can lead to other more obvious problems. To solve or overcome your jealousy issue, these...

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Is jealousy wrong? We've all grown up to believe that it is. We take great pleasure in using it as an excuse as to why our relationships fail, in pointing this fact out to others as justification for our own actions, and accusing our loved ones of it as if it is some gigantic three headed monster. I want to rearrange your thinking a bit. This article is meant to be provocative in the sense that it is designed to challenge the status quo, the politically correct, and socially acceptable platitudes. First, let me redefine three simple words that we use interchangeably, but which, in truth,...

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My wife and I dated for about 2 years before we got married. We were both in our early 20's at the time, and both in college when we met. The desire to get married quickly became apparent, but the timing was also essential. Getting married may be the right thing-a subject outside the purview of this particular article-but the timing itself may be bad. There are a variety of things you need to consider to determine how long you ought to wait before getting married. AGE OF BOTH INDIVIDUALS To be blunt about it, the younger you are the less experienced you are about life, and the more time...

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